Product Description

This NKJV Ultrathin Reference Bible offers the best of both worlds; it’s easy to carry and easy to read. At just one-inch thin, this time-honored Bible slips into a purse, briefcase, or backpack. Yet, its crisp printing, eight-point text size, and unique opaque paper make it easy on the eyes—whether reading in church or during personal study. Exceptional quality at an affordable gift-giving price.

Publisher's Description

Holman Bible Publishers was a pioneer in the development of Ultrathin Bibles, giving careful attention to breakthroughs in typography and paper manufacturing to produce a Bible that combines readability and portability, as well as durability. This edition of the Ultrathin Reference Bible is easy-to-carry and easy-to-read, featuring a robust center-column cross-reference system, a portable ultrathin design made with premium materials and bindings, and packaged in a clam-shell gift box that is perfect for gift-giving.

I ordered two of these (charcoal gray with crown of thorns) for gifting to teenage boys in my church. They are nice Bibles with center references, maps, one ribbon, and each verse begins on a new line. The page edges are gilded in silver and the binding is sewn, features that some inexpensive editions don't always have. The covers are thinner and less soft than I expected. The darker crown of thorns is a subtle, attractive design. The words of Christ are in red. The print size is 8 point, which is about average for many thinlines or small Bibles, but 8 pt. is fairly small. Those with less than good eyesight might prefer one of the similar Holman editions available here that have larger print.

I highly recommend this Bible. Good size, beautiful quality. Has the center column references, book introductions, concordance and is to me one of the best translations on the market. I can also fit two Bibles of this size into one Bible cover... to compare translations if I carry somewhere or even for studying at home. Bible is thin enough for that...but still not too thin. Lovely silver page edging. Very comfortable size to hold and use...but still print is large enough for even an older person with eyes that are getting bad.

Holman is to be thanked for this amazingly well done handy size reference NKJV Bible (and it's larger print counterpart). It has a Nelson text block (verse-by-verse text instead of paragraphed) with center-column references. The print is bold and clear, the paper has superior opacity (better than current Nelson text Bibles) and even an improvement on previous versions of this Bible Holman did a few years back. I also appreciate it that Holman gave good margins all around the text. Though it's a bit tight for notes (but if you have a sharp pen or pencil and small handwriting it would work), it gives enough space to write other "pointers", plus the gutter margin is just right to allow the text not to be too close to the gutter (center of the book) which would make reading difficult (unfortunately Holman didn't do that for some of their other Bibles). The binding is smyth sewn so it will have awesome durability and allow the Bible to lay flat over time (it is a bit stiff out of the box, but I've learned after several months of daily use it becomes more limber). Nelson used to make Bibles like this many years ago, but unfortunately no longer cares to do high quality Bibles anymore. Holman currently makes the best NKJV Bibles in the market (with the exception of the highly priced R.L. Allan and Schuyler which are in the almost prohibitive $200 range).